Heather Mills's delusions of grandeur and gold digging continue

April 15, 2008 -- IT wasn't just the audience that hated Heather Mills at the Miss USA Pageant over the weekend - the show's producers couldn't stand Paul McCartney's one-legged ex-wife, either.

Audience members loudly booed and hissed when Mills was introduced as a judge for the show at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Vegas. But the real problem came behind the scenes, where, for three weeks prior, Mills refused to sign a contract stating the show could be rebroadcast.
"She flat out refused because of one line," said an insider. "They went back and forth rewriting and finally threatened to pull her from it altogether. She still wouldn't sign it because she wants to get paid if they resell the footage. Her ego is enormous, and it's getting bigger by the minute."

The independent contractors who booked Mills promised they'd never work with the gold-digging former nudie model again, according to our insider.
"She believed that if the show got high ratings, it would be because of her," said our source. "She treated this like she was starring in a big-budget movie."

Mills even hunted down pageant owner Donald Trump at a dinner at Koi right before the show, hoping to "butter him up" and get his approval to be on air. "Heather was flirting with him, and she was really working it," said our source. "She was unprofessional, but he said, 'Let her [go] on anyway.' "

Mills, one of 10 judges, eventually got her way when they adjusted the contract to suit her. She seemed unfazed by the audience's reaction to her during the live televised event and remarked that she was moving to the United States with her 4-year-old daughter, Beatrice.

"In England, people don't like me," she said. "But I'm going to move to America, Los Angeles, hopefully . . . I'll be better off in the States." A few weeks back, Mills was spotted looking at a condo building going up on Jackson Square in Greenwich Village.

After the show, she was spotted huddling with Paris Hilton's former publicist, Elliot Mintz, sparking rumors he may take her on as a client. "She's very cheap; she could never afford his price," quipped our source.
Mills' representative, Michele Elyzabeth, declined comment.

"In England, people don't like me," she said. "But I'm going to move to America, Los Angeles, hopefully . . . I'll be better off in the States." A few weeks back, Mills was spotted looking at a condo building going up on Jackson Square in Greenwich Village.

Mills even hunted down pageant owner Donald Trump at a dinner at Koi right before the show, hoping to "butter him up" and get his approval to be on air. "Heather was flirting with him, and she was really working it," said our source. "She was unprofessional, but he said, 'Let her [go] on anyway.'

Doesn't that just depend on what your profession is.... and as hers is a whore...?